FUCHSIA arborescens
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lilac tree fuchsia
Upright shrub to 80 x 50 cm with dark reddish green leaves. Slender pendulous scarlet flowers occur in summer and autumn.
There are about 100 fuchsia species and thousands of hybrids and cultivars grown for their beautiful flowers. Nearly all of the species are from South and Central America in areas of high rainfall. Those in cultivation commonly require a moist well drained soil in light shade or a sheltered sunny spot, and can be kept bushy by pinching out the tips. They are generally frost tender. Fuchsia arborescens is a handsome shrub for a sheltered sunny part of the garden where the soil is moist and there is a degree of humidity. In my Perth garden the shrubs are semi deciduous in winter.
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